Pre-steps for release : 6.2.21.Final

Hibernate-CI · Hibernate-CI · commit 1f89edeb4c6e · 2024-01-22T11:13:39.000Z
diff --git a/changelog.txt b/changelog.txt
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 Note: Please refer to JIRA to learn more about each issue.
 
+Changes in 6.2.21.Final (January 22, 2024)
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+https://hibernate.atlassian.net/projects/HHH/versions/32241
+
+** Bug
+    * [HHH-17643] - Allow uninitialized proxy serialization even when a SessionFactory is not available
+
+
 Changes in 6.2.20.Final (January 16, 2024)
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diff --git a/gradle/version.properties b/gradle/version.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-hibernateVersion=6.2.21-SNAPSHOT
+hibernateVersion=6.2.21.Final
